At the Post-Graduate Students’ Society’s (PGSS) Nov. 7 Fall General Meeting, a graduate student in attendance raised concerns about the lack of childcare services at the satellite Macdonald Campus. According to McGill’s 2021 Student Demographic Data Survey, 5.3 per cent of students have one or more dependents for whom they[Read More…]
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Bridging the gap: fostering a partnership between Walksafe and Service d’accueil
Following the cancellation of transportation services due to cuts in school board funding in September 2016, McGill Walksafe partnered with Service d’accueil du Centre Multi-Ethnique St-Louis, a daycare linked with FACE elementary school. Although the children were previously able to take busses from the Service d’accueil daycare to the Recreation[Read More…]
Study Saturday Parents and Kids Program now held in SSMU building
On Nov. 19, the Post-Graduate Students’ Society of McGill (PGSS) held its first Study Saturday Parents and Kids Program (SSPKP) event of the 2016-2017 school year. The free service allows student parents to drop their children off with volunteer babysitters for up to five hours, assisting parents to study on[Read More…]
A new direction for daycare at SSMU
Following several months of searching, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) has hired a new Daycare director. Zineb Mouhtam has been selected to fill the position, which has been vacant since May 2015, following the resignation of the previous director, Aline Karagioules. The responsibilities of Daycare director have been[Read More…]
The changing face of family care at McGill
McGill’s Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE) hired Tanya Lalonde in August as McGill’s first family resource coordinator, marking a consolidation in services for students and staff with children. The funding for the position came from the Sustainability Projects Fund, a student-funded program matched by the administration to ensure[Read More…]
Campus Life of the Student Parent
Lllian Boctor is in her first year of legal studies at McGill. Selected from among 1,395 other aspiring lawyers who submitted their applications for the renowned B.C.L, LL.B program, this former freelance journalist and social activist’s future holds great promise. Even more admirable than her acceptance into one of the[Read More…]
